KANBrief 2/10 Bump strip for foot protection makes industrial trucks safer Pedestrian-controlled industrial trucks are in everyday use in many companies. Accidents continue to occur, particularly when
the stakeholders represented in KAN, the existing system should indeed be optimized, but its integrity should not be placed in doubt by the creation of new structures. KAN therefore lobbies for points including [...] Corrado Mattiuzzo...
The standards are also available for sale at some public standards libraries. Sonja Miesner miesner@kan.de KANBrief 4/10: Safe workplaces involving collaborative robots: from research to standardization
field. Results of the KAN discussion with experts Expert representatives from all stakeholders in Germany met under the overall lead of the Commission for OSH and Standardization (KAN) in order to discuss [...] KANBrief 3/10 KAN position paper...
KANBrief 4/10 Learning with CE-coach: basic knowledge, step by step CE marking provides technical products with a “passport” to the European market. In order to educate manufacturers on the importance
KANBrief 1/11 KAN workshop on anthropometry: applying human body dimensions correctly In July 2010, KAN held a workshop on the subject of anthropometry in the field and crossing the gap between standards [...] action and drew up a series of...
concerned. Behind the initiative is a group of European OSH and prevention specialists formed at the KAN/DGUV workshop referred to above. ErgoMach coordinates its activities with European institutions, but [...] 1/11: Ergonomics standards to be...
KANBrief 2/11 Ergonomic classrooms promote both health and learning In contrast to the underlying ergonomic conditions in office workplaces, those in classrooms are often neglected, either out of igno
KANBrief 2/11 Safe work in offices Office work is the prevailing form of work in Germany. At present, approximately 17 million people in Germany have an office workplace, and the number is still risin
have occurred in the past during work with large forestry machinery. This has prompted KAN to commission a study ( KAN Report 48, "Safety of forestry machinery" (pdf) ) into whether, and if so, to what extent [...] units) must be treated...